# 1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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The 1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 5, 1996. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Oklahoma was won by Kansas Senator Bob Dole, who was running against incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as vice president, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.
This is the last time Sequoyah County, Nowata County, Caddo County, Craig County, Kiowa County, Mayes County, Osage County, Tillman County, Seminole County, Pontotoc County, Garvin County, Cotton County, Carter County, Greer County, Le Flore County, Murray County, Harmon County, Bryan County, McCurtain County, Coal County, Pittsburg County, Johnston County, Marshall County, Jefferson County, Love County, Atoka County, Okfuskee County, Pawnee County, and Pushmataha County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Oklahoma weighed in for this election as 4% more third-party than the national average. This remains the last presidential election in which Oklahoma has been decided by a single-digit margin or that the Democratic Party has won more than 40% of the vote; due to its extremely conservative Bible Belt political culture and resulting rightward shift of voters during the 21st century, the state has not been competitive on the presidential level since. Clinton became the first president since statehood to win reelection to the White House without ever carrying Oklahoma.
The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for Oklahoma, with more than eleven percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates. This is one of the last presidential elections in Oklahoma in which the Southeastern portion of the state turned out in large numbers for the Democratic Party. This may be somewhat attributed to the influence of the politically volatile bordering state of Texas, which can also be seen changing political orientation throughout the 1980s and 1990s from a Democratic area to a largely Republican one, as well as its other neighbor Arkansas, Clinton's home state. In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over 10% of the votes in Oklahoma, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for the U.S. presidency in recent times.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this remains the last time that a Democratic presidential candidate has carried any of Oklahoma's congressional districts (in this case, the 2nd and 3rd districts in the rural east), as well as the last election in which a Democratic presidential candidate carried the entirety of the Choctaw Nation, a majority of the Chickasaw, Cherokee and Creek Nations, or the counties containing the Seminole, Pawnee and Osage Nations.

## Results

1996 United States presidential election in Oklahoma :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | Bob Dole | 582,315 | 48.26% | 8 |
| | Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 488,105 | 40.45% | 0 |
| | Reform | Ross Perot | 130,788 | 10.84% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Harry Browne | 5,505 | 0.46% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 1,206,713 | 100.00% | 8 |
| Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered) | 50%/61% |

### Results by county

| County | Bob Dole Republican | Bob Dole Republican | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bill Clinton Democratic | Ross Perot Reform | Ross Perot Reform | Harry Browne Libertarian | Harry Browne Libertarian | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Adair | 2,956 | 45.33% | 2,792 | 42.82% | 751 | 11.52% | 22 | 0.34% | 164 | 2.51% | 6,521 |
| Alfalfa | 1,504 | 56.48% | 796 | 29.89% | 348 | 13.07% | 15 | 0.56% | 708 | 26.59% | 2,663 |
| Atoka | 1,542 | 35.26% | 2,281 | 52.16% | 532 | 12.17% | 18 | 0.41% | -739 | -16.90% | 4,373 |
| Beaver | 1,893 | 72.50% | 515 | 19.72% | 199 | 7.62% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,378 | 52.78% | 2,611 |
| Beckham | 2,912 | 44.45% | 2,797 | 42.70% | 817 | 12.47% | 25 | 0.38% | 115 | 1.75% | 6,551 |
| Blaine | 2,127 | 46.88% | 1,832 | 40.38% | 563 | 12.41% | 15 | 0.33% | 295 | 6.50% | 4,537 |
| Bryan | 3,943 | 34.79% | 5,962 | 52.60% | 1,396 | 12.32% | 34 | 0.30% | -2,019 | -17.81% | 11,335 |
| Caddo | 3,422 | 35.39% | 4,844 | 50.09% | 1,358 | 14.04% | 46 | 0.48% | -1,422 | -14.70% | 9,670 |
| Canadian | 18,139 | 59.40% | 8,977 | 29.40% | 3,297 | 10.80% | 123 | 0.40% | 9,162 | 30.00% | 30,536 |
| Carter | 6,769 | 42.83% | 6,979 | 44.16% | 1,997 | 12.64% | 59 | 0.37% | -210 | -1.33% | 15,804 |
| Cherokee | 5,046 | 36.84% | 6,817 | 49.77% | 1,777 | 12.97% | 56 | 0.41% | -1,771 | -12.93% | 13,696 |
| Choctaw | 1,580 | 29.37% | 3,198 | 59.45% | 589 | 10.95% | 12 | 0.22% | -1,618 | -30.08% | 5,379 |
| Cimarron | 986 | 67.77% | 361 | 24.81% | 102 | 7.01% | 6 | 0.41% | 625 | 42.96% | 1,455 |
| Cleveland | 36,457 | 52.24% | 26,038 | 37.31% | 6,785 | 9.72% | 503 | 0.72% | 10,419 | 14.93% | 69,783 |
| Coal | 734 | 32.25% | 1,205 | 52.94% | 323 | 14.19% | 14 | 0.62% | -471 | -20.69% | 2,276 |
| Comanche | 14,461 | 47.76% | 12,841 | 42.41% | 2,819 | 9.31% | 157 | 0.52% | 1,620 | 5.35% | 30,278 |
| Cotton | 1,042 | 38.62% | 1,258 | 46.63% | 381 | 14.12% | 17 | 0.63% | -216 | -8.01% | 2,698 |
| Craig | 2,058 | 37.51% | 2,649 | 48.29% | 758 | 13.82% | 21 | 0.38% | -591 | -10.78% | 5,486 |
| Creek | 9,861 | 43.91% | 9,674 | 43.08% | 2,837 | 12.63% | 85 | 0.38% | 187 | 0.83% | 22,457 |
| Custer | 4,723 | 47.81% | 4,027 | 40.76% | 1,101 | 11.14% | 28 | 0.28% | 696 | 7.05% | 9,879 |
| Delaware | 5,230 | 43.81% | 5,094 | 42.67% | 1,573 | 13.18% | 42 | 0.35% | 136 | 1.14% | 11,939 |
| Dewey | 1,179 | 51.24% | 816 | 35.46% | 292 | 12.69% | 14 | 0.61% | 363 | 15.78% | 2,301 |
| Ellis | 1,090 | 54.61% | 619 | 31.01% | 279 | 13.98% | 8 | 0.40% | 471 | 23.60% | 1,996 |
| Garfield | 11,712 | 53.62% | 7,504 | 34.36% | 2,523 | 11.55% | 102 | 0.47% | 4,208 | 19.26% | 21,841 |
| Garvin | 3,745 | 38.34% | 4,639 | 47.50% | 1,345 | 13.77% | 38 | 0.39% | -894 | -9.16% | 9,767 |
| Grady | 7,228 | 46.34% | 6,256 | 40.11% | 2,048 | 13.13% | 66 | 0.42% | 972 | 6.23% | 15,598 |
| Grant | 1,382 | 52.09% | 867 | 32.68% | 384 | 14.47% | 20 | 0.75% | 515 | 19.41% | 2,653 |
| Greer | 905 | 35.96% | 1,240 | 49.26% | 361 | 14.34% | 11 | 0.44% | -335 | -13.30% | 2,517 |
| Harmon | 448 | 33.76% | 729 | 54.94% | 143 | 10.78% | 7 | 0.53% | -281 | -21.18% | 1,327 |
| Harper | 1,036 | 58.27% | 511 | 28.74% | 219 | 12.32% | 12 | 0.67% | 525 | 29.53% | 1,778 |
| Haskell | 1,442 | 30.01% | 2,762 | 57.48% | 590 | 12.28% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,320 | -27.47% | 4,805 |
| Hughes | 1,510 | 30.13% | 2,748 | 54.83% | 730 | 14.57% | 24 | 0.48% | -1,238 | -24.70% | 5,012 |
| Jackson | 4,422 | 51.53% | 3,245 | 37.81% | 892 | 10.39% | 23 | 0.27% | 1,177 | 13.72% | 8,582 |
| Jefferson | 865 | 32.69% | 1,430 | 54.04% | 337 | 12.74% | 14 | 0.53% | -565 | -21.35% | 2,646 |
| Johnston | 1,229 | 32.63% | 1,998 | 53.04% | 532 | 14.12% | 8 | 0.21% | -769 | -20.41% | 3,767 |
| Kay | 9,741 | 49.92% | 6,882 | 35.27% | 2,785 | 14.27% | 106 | 0.54% | 2,859 | 14.65% | 19,514 |
| Kingfisher | 3,423 | 60.27% | 1,626 | 28.63% | 621 | 10.94% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,797 | 31.64% | 5,679 |
| Kiowa | 1,638 | 39.68% | 1,973 | 47.80% | 510 | 12.35% | 7 | 0.17% | -335 | -8.12% | 4,128 |
| Latimer | 1,189 | 29.70% | 2,222 | 55.51% | 578 | 14.44% | 14 | 0.35% | -1,033 | -25.81% | 4,003 |
| LeFlore | 5,689 | 39.74% | 6,831 | 47.72% | 1,721 | 12.02% | 75 | 0.52% | -1,142 | -7.98% | 14,316 |
| Lincoln | 5,243 | 47.14% | 4,332 | 38.95% | 1,500 | 13.49% | 47 | 0.42% | 911 | 8.19% | 11,122 |
| Logan | 5,949 | 48.46% | 4,854 | 39.54% | 1,410 | 11.48% | 64 | 0.52% | 1,095 | 8.92% | 12,277 |
| Love | 1,224 | 37.05% | 1,675 | 50.70% | 385 | 11.65% | 20 | 0.61% | -451 | -13.65% | 3,304 |
| McClain | 4,363 | 46.22% | 3,753 | 39.76% | 1,289 | 13.66% | 34 | 0.36% | 610 | 6.46% | 9,439 |
| McCurtain | 3,892 | 39.82% | 4,350 | 44.51% | 1,483 | 15.17% | 49 | 0.50% | -458 | -4.69% | 9,774 |
| McIntosh | 2,400 | 31.21% | 4,219 | 54.86% | 1,044 | 13.57% | 28 | 0.36% | -1,819 | -23.65% | 7,691 |
| Major | 2,188 | 62.30% | 900 | 25.63% | 410 | 11.67% | 14 | 0.40% | 1,288 | 36.67% | 3,512 |
| Marshall | 1,605 | 32.67% | 2,624 | 53.41% | 663 | 13.49% | 21 | 0.43% | -1,019 | -20.74% | 4,913 |
| Mayes | 5,268 | 39.59% | 6,377 | 47.92% | 1,617 | 12.15% | 46 | 0.35% | -1,109 | -8.33% | 13,308 |
| Murray | 1,712 | 33.78% | 2,620 | 51.70% | 723 | 14.27% | 13 | 0.26% | -908 | -17.92% | 5,068 |
| Muskogee | 8,974 | 35.64% | 12,963 | 51.48% | 3,163 | 12.56% | 80 | 0.32% | -3,989 | -15.84% | 25,180 |
| Noble | 2,318 | 48.38% | 1,756 | 36.65% | 694 | 14.49% | 23 | 0.48% | 562 | 11.73% | 4,791 |
| Nowata | 1,457 | 37.80% | 1,788 | 46.39% | 586 | 15.20% | 23 | 0.60% | -331 | -8.59% | 3,854 |
| Okfuskee | 1,380 | 34.41% | 2,074 | 51.72% | 536 | 13.37% | 20 | 0.50% | -694 | -17.31% | 4,010 |
| Oklahoma | 120,429 | 54.68% | 80,438 | 36.52% | 18,411 | 8.36% | 975 | 0.44% | 39,991 | 18.16% | 220,253 |
| Okmulgee | 4,246 | 31.84% | 7,555 | 56.65% | 1,487 | 11.15% | 49 | 0.37% | -3,309 | -24.81% | 13,337 |
| Osage | 5,827 | 38.38% | 7,342 | 48.36% | 1,938 | 12.76% | 76 | 0.50% | -1,515 | -9.98% | 15,183 |
| Ottawa | 4,127 | 35.87% | 5,844 | 50.80% | 1,496 | 13.00% | 37 | 0.32% | -1,717 | -14.93% | 11,504 |
| Pawnee | 2,560 | 42.62% | 2,663 | 44.34% | 756 | 12.59% | 27 | 0.45% | -103 | -1.72% | 6,006 |
| Payne | 11,686 | 48.07% | 9,985 | 41.08% | 2,472 | 10.17% | 165 | 0.68% | 1,701 | 6.99% | 24,308 |
| Pittsburg | 5,966 | 35.58% | 8,475 | 50.55% | 2,217 | 13.22% | 108 | 0.64% | -2,509 | -14.97% | 16,766 |
| Pontotoc | 5,366 | 39.42% | 6,470 | 47.53% | 1,712 | 12.58% | 65 | 0.48% | -1,104 | -8.11% | 13,613 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,802 | 45.06% | 9,141 | 42.02% | 2,724 | 12.52% | 86 | 0.40% | 661 | 3.04% | 21,753 |
| Pushmataha | 1,458 | 33.59% | 2,270 | 52.29% | 588 | 13.55% | 25 | 0.58% | -812 | -18.70% | 4,341 |
| Roger Mills | 959 | 49.61% | 733 | 37.92% | 233 | 12.05% | 8 | 0.41% | 226 | 11.69% | 1,933 |
| Rogers | 12,883 | 50.41% | 9,544 | 37.35% | 3,022 | 11.83% | 105 | 0.41% | 3,339 | 13.06% | 25,554 |
| Seminole | 2,935 | 35.67% | 4,225 | 51.34% | 1,041 | 12.65% | 28 | 0.34% | -1,290 | -15.67% | 8,229 |
| Sequoyah | 4,733 | 39.04% | 5,665 | 46.73% | 1,673 | 13.80% | 53 | 0.44% | -932 | -7.69% | 12,124 |
| Stephens | 8,144 | 45.81% | 7,248 | 40.77% | 2,312 | 13.01% | 72 | 0.41% | 896 | 5.04% | 17,776 |
| Texas | 4,139 | 67.95% | 1,408 | 23.12% | 518 | 8.50% | 26 | 0.43% | 2,731 | 44.83% | 6,091 |
| Tillman | 1,346 | 36.79% | 1,827 | 49.93% | 471 | 12.87% | 15 | 0.41% | -481 | -13.14% | 3,659 |
| Tulsa | 111,243 | 53.65% | 76,924 | 37.10% | 18,201 | 8.78% | 988 | 0.48% | 34,319 | 16.55% | 207,356 |
| Wagoner | 9,392 | 48.02% | 7,749 | 39.62% | 2,357 | 12.05% | 60 | 0.31% | 1,643 | 8.40% | 19,558 |
| Washington | 11,605 | 56.08% | 6,732 | 32.53% | 2,255 | 10.90% | 102 | 0.49% | 4,873 | 23.55% | 20,694 |
| Washita | 1,994 | 42.65% | 1,913 | 40.92% | 748 | 16.00% | 20 | 0.43% | 81 | 1.73% | 4,675 |
| Woods | 2,151 | 52.44% | 1,431 | 34.89% | 497 | 12.12% | 23 | 0.56% | 720 | 17.55% | 4,102 |
| Woodward | 4,093 | 54.59% | 2,403 | 32.05% | 963 | 12.84% | 39 | 0.52% | 1,690 | 22.54% | 7,498 |
| Totals | 582,315 | 48.26% | 488,105 | 40.45% | 130,788 | 10.84% | 5,505 | 0.46% | 94,210 | 7.81% | 1,206,713 |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Beckham
* Delaware
* Stephens
* Washita

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Pawnee

### By congressional district

Dole won four of six congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Clinton, including one that elected a Republican.
| District | Dole | Clinton | Perot | Representative |
| 1st | 54% | 37% | 9% | Steve Largent |
| 2nd | 40% | 48% | 13% | Tom Coburn |
| 3rd | 40% | 48% | 13% | Bill Brewster (104th Congress) |
| 3rd | 40% | 48% | 13% | Wes Watkins (105th Congress) |
| 4th | 49% | 40% | 11% | J. C. Watts |
| 5th | 59% | 31% | 10% | Ernest Istook |
| 6th | 48% | 42% | 11% | Frank Lucas |

## Electors

Reform: Dale Barlow, Grace Rayedelle Hill, Syvia Suggs, H. Kelly Haynes, Emmy Butler, Vivian Winterman, Jack Newkirk, Patt Cameron
Republican: J. Michael Brown, Steven F. Garrett, Skip Healey, Leo F. Herlacher, Dixie I. Galloway, Dale Switzer, Paul E. Thornbrugh, Gary W. Banz
Libertarian: Randy Ashbrook, Sharon Lynn Atherton, Roger Bloxham, Charles Burris, Steven B. Galpin, C. Michael Todd, Chad Vanis, Robert Waldrop
Democrat: Carl Albert, Julian J. Rothbaum, Thomas Dee Frasier, George Lee Stidham, Elizabeth Whetsel, Betty J. McElderry, Lorray Dyson, Marjean Mitchell